Impact Fees Among the States and Canada and UK

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Impact Fees Among the States (and Canada and UK)

• National Impact Fee Roundtable
• Arlington, VA
• October 5, 2006

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Presenters

• Clancy Mullen, Duncan Associates, Austin, TX
• Impact Fees Among the US States
• Craig Binning, Hemson Consulting, Toronto,
  Ontario
• Impact Fees The Canadian Experience
• Tony Crook, Univ. of Sheffield
• Whats Different about Impact Fees in the U.K.

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Overview of Presentation

• State Enabling Acts
• Which states have them and which dont
• Selected provisions
• Recent developments
• 2003 2006 Impact Fee Surveys
• How much are local governments charging?
• How much have they been going up?
• Questions Answers

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US State Enabling Acts
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Types of Fees Authorized by State
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Selected Enabling Act Provisions
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Recent State Law Changes

• FL new impact fee act, 2006
• TN County Powers Relief Act, 2006
• Allows modest school devt tax (1/sf)
• Cant use with any other impact fee/tax
• WI Act 477, 2006
• Counties can no longer charge fees
• No fees for rec. facilities or vehicles
• MT new enabling act, 2005

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Avg. Single-Family Fees, 2006
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2003 National Survey (151)
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2006 National Survey (273)
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Total Non-Utility Impact Fees per Single-Family
Unit by State, 2003-2006
(same jurisdictions in 2003 and 2006)
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Road Impact Fees per Single-Family Unit by State,
2003-2006
(same jurisdictions in 2003 and 2006)
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National Single-Family Fees by Type, 2003-2006
(same jurisdictions in 2003 and 2006)
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Florida Single-Family Fees by Type, 2003-2006 (24
counties)
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Questions